Tree path 9 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Semi-Slav Defense › Semi-Slav Defense Accepted › Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
- Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation D15
- Semi-Slav Defense D43
- Semi-Slav Defense Accepted D44
- Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation D44
- Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation D44 you are here
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation is a specific line in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family (ECO D44), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 17 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5.
The line refines Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Lilienthal Variation.
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- ECO code
- D44
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 17
- Direct variations
- 1
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